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Aug. 24, 2011 / Gordon Price

It’s all our fault

A Province editorial, dated August 23, 2011 but actually from about 1956: As much as many people would sympathize with the…
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Aug. 21, 2011 / Gordon Price

TransLink outperforms Olympic year

Wow: TransLink could well be  on track to  its tenth annual ridership record in a row, exceeding 2010’s mark of…
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Aug. 19, 2011 / Gordon Price

Amazing Grace

You might have missed it: the 25th anniversary of SkyTrain.  Four billion dollars invested so far, and a billion passengers…
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Aug. 19, 2011 / Gordon Price

City By City

Gladys We sends along a link to an ambitious project in n+1: City by City “Thank God,” we say, gazing upon…
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Aug. 16, 2011 / Gordon Price

That Muni Named

Thanks for all the good guesses.  And maybe an apology for the “only four restaurants” clue.  My reliable source may…
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Aug. 15, 2011 / Gordon Price

Name That Muni!

In which Metro municipality is the following true: (a)  There are only four restaurants (not including chains). (b)  There are…
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Aug. 11, 2011 / Gordon Price

Not Your Father’s Surrey

Surrey keeps doing the unexpected.  For example: Clean Energy City Award Organizations, businesses, and individuals who are working to reduce…
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Aug. 09, 2011 / Gordon Price

Connections: What They Don’t Say

A missive from my financial manager: … investor confidence was rattled by the partisan wrangling that took place over the…
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Aug. 09, 2011 / Gordon Price

The Southern Strategy: Gas taxes and Langley

Nathan Pachal, in his South Fraser Blog brings a needed perspective to the gas-tax debate: Nobody likes paying taxes. Every…
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Aug. 08, 2011 / Gordon Price

Freeing Taxis: Unleashing cabs to boost affordable, green transport

From the Sightline Institute, on a subject always guaranteed to generate, um, various viewpoints: What if the Northwest’s cities legally…
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Aug. 04, 2011 / Gordon Price

Downsizing 2.0

Two different perspectives on downsizing: (1) Franca Temolo-Jones in Vancouver: We went from a 2,400-square-foot home in the heart of the…
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Aug. 03, 2011 / Gordon Price

What does the Pride Parade tell us?

Or, in this case, Telus: It used to be that only the bars and clubs floated dancing boys, disco and…
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Jul. 27, 2011 / Gordon Price

“What It Will Take”: Journalism and Climate Change

Former BBC correspondent and editor Mark Brayne opines on what it will take before climate change is taken seriously by…
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Jul. 27, 2011 / Gordon Price

Open Letter: Support for the Gas Tax

The following was sent by those noted below – the Sustainable Transportation Coalition – to the Premier, Leader of the…

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